The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage novel Chapter 1538

Chet believed his excuse was flawless.

However, even as he was busy fantasizing, Frank held out his palm and waved in front of his eyes. "Your sabotaging efforts had destroyed five billion dollars worth of Lanecorp property. Pay up, and we will let bygones be bygones."

"Five billion…?"

Even Noel's lips parted when she heard the number, though she soon shook her head in exasperation.

Frank was clearly ripping Chet off!

"Impossible!"

Chet was clearly shocked by the astronomical number too.

Forget five billion—he did not even have one billion to pay Frank, as he was definitely overreaching here.

"Naturally, the money is no skin off Lanecorp's back. What I want is to see your sincerity. So? How about it?"

Frank kept staring at Chet in amusement, intent on seeing how much Chet would pay just to survive.

After all, Frank had plenty of other options if he wanted the two billion dollars lost.

"O-Okay!"

Chet knew right then that he was in no place to bargain against Frank, and he could not argue at all, or he might end up just like Grom.

But as he whipped out his phone while Frank watched, pooling everything he owned and calling favors, all he could gather was around 700 million dollars.

It was certainly a far cry from the five billion Frank demanded.

"Shit…"

The lack of money could kill Chet right then.

Chet put thoughts to action right then and called Sil.

"Is it done?" Sil asked as soon as he answered, clearly unaware about anything that had happened on Chet's end.

"Ahem…"

Chet cleared his throat awkwardly as Frank looked on and thought of an idea soon enough. "Mr. Lionheart, I just met Noel York…"

"Noel York?!"

Sil sounded clearly surprised.

Soon, a female voice snapped from the other end too. "You saw her?!"

"Yes," Chet replied, turning to slide a guilty look at Noel, who remained on the couch. "So, Mr. Lionheart… After some persuasion, Ms. York said that she's willing to switch sides from Lanecorp to join the Lionhearts."